KARAKTERISTIK PRANATAL YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN BALITA STUNTING USIA 2-3 TAHUN

Abstract

Stunting is a problem of chronic malnutrition due to lack of nutrient intake. This study aims to analyze prenatal characteristics with stunting in childhood. This research uses cross sectional analytic design with retrospective approach. The dependent variable in this study were toddlers stunting, while the independent variables include: maternal education, maternal age during pregnancy, maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and the child order. The sample was selected proportionate stratified random sampling to get 45 respondents. The results showed that prenatal characteristics associated with stunting on childhood 2-3 year old were maternal age during pregnancy (ρ = 0,026) and maternal nutritional status during pregnancy (ρ = 0.047 ). Keywords: Childhood, Prenatal, Stunting